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Harrisonrules
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Throughout the year we have spoken of this mantra. Despite our 10 zip success eventually we were turned upside down with a 3 zip loss. We and everyone else tried to diagnose the reason. I put it down to this mantra. Speaking of ourselves as the hunted our attitude slowly dissipated. You cannot win as the hunted. You cannot maintain the highest level of performance thinking others are out to get you, because you run and hide. You must never give up the mantle of being the hunters, but under another name. We are the DOMINATORS. That's what we did to the Lions. For our three-peat-year of 23 we will lift again to be the TERMINATORS. The four-peat year will be the DEMONATORS and dispel the curse of '58

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    Was involved with an Australian swimming squad camp 20 years ago and had the pleasure of listening to a talk from the USA swimming head coach - he talked about the Wolf and the Deer. In the 90s Australian swimming was the wolf chasing the USA Deer out in front. There was a period from then when we were the number 1 team but didn't know it - we swapped places and became the deer but were still hungry and still chased everything hard - before finally accepting our position as the best swimming team. Then the Us team got hungry and acted like wolf and to gett their position back - they hated the Michael Klim smashing them like guitars comments.... 

    Was a fascinating psyche insight at the time. Over to the Dee's now - we're better off as the wolf than the Deer - we need to hunt and not be the show ponies out in front. Even if we're on top of the ladder and everyone's working on undoing us - we need to work harder to hunt them first

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    41 minutes ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    Was involved with an Australian swimming squad camp 20 years ago and had the pleasure of listening to a talk from the USA swimming head coach - he talked about the Wolf and the Deer. In the 90s Australian swimming was the wolf chasing the USA Deer out in front. There was a period from then when we were the number 1 team but didn't know it - we swapped places and became the deer but were still hungry and still chased everything hard - before finally accepting our position as the best swimming team. Then the Us team got hungry and acted like wolf and to gett their position back - they hated the Michael Klim smashing them like guitars comments.... 

    Was a fascinating psyche insight at the time. Over to the Dee's now - we're better off as the wolf than the Deer - we need to hunt and not be the show ponies out in front. Even if we're on top of the ladder and everyone's working on undoing us - we need to work harder to hunt them first

    Spot on. Much easier chasing than looking behind…

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    7 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Spot on. Much easier chasing than looking behind…

    Tell that to Usain Bolt...

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    Understand what you’re trying to get at @Harrisonrules and I think there was a bit of that when we got to 10-0. There was talk of “who’s going to beat us” and even dumber chatter from media people (didn’t see any on here) of us going undefeated. When we lost those three in a row there was definitely this feeling of us being back to the pack and the aura surrounding us being this really hunted prey seemed to disappear, suddenly we were a wounded animal. 

    As the reigning premiers we will always be the hunted, every team will be itching to get us as a scalp. But I do also think that since our 3 losses there has been a wake up call, and on Thursday night we were playing like a team with something to prove. 

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